2009 - 2010

Typical Rigging Breaking Loads §
Dyform ® or compacted strand high strength
Type 316 1 x 19* Stainless Wire Rope Navtec/OYS Nitronic 50 Stainless Rod Rigging Dacron
stainless steel wire
® Double Braid Rope Vectran ® Core Rope w/Dacron ® Cover§
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in lb kg mm lb kg in lb kg in lb kg Size lb kg mm lb kg in lb kg mm lb kg in lb kg
3
/16 4928 2235 5 5380 2440 3
/16 3960 1800 3
/8 14500 6580 -4 4700 2130 4 4100 1860 1
/4 1800 815 6 1800 815 3
/16 634 288
1
/4 8844 4011 6 7828 3550 7
/32 5445 2470 1
/2 25680 11650 -6 6300 2860 4.5 4718 2140 5
/16 2800 1270 7 2800 1270 1
/4 1179 535
9
/32 10802 4899 7 10827 4910 1
/4 7090 3220 — — — -8 8200 3720 5 6283 2850 3
/8 3750 1700 9 3750 1700 5
/16 1677 761
5
/16 13530 6136 8 13561 6150 Type 302 1 X 19* Stainless Wire Rope -10 10300 4670 5.7 8157 3700 7
/16 5500 2490 11 5500 2490 3
/8 2630 1193
3
/8 19272 8740 10 21544 9770 in lb kg in lb kg -12 12500 5670 6.35 10317 4680 1
/2 7000 3175 12 7000 3175 7
/16 3174 1439
7
/16 26620 12072 11 26620 12072 1
/16 500 227 9
/32 10300 4671 -15 14250 6460 7.1 12500 5670 9
/16 10000 4535 14 10000 4535 1
/2 3809 1727
1
/2 34833 15797 14 42460 19256 3
/32 1200 544 5
/16 12500 5669 -17 17500 7940 7.5 14550 6600 5
/8 14000 6350 15 14000 6350 V12 Vectran
9
/16 42460 19256 16 56320 25541 1
/8 2100 952 3
/8 17500 7936 -22 22500 10200 8.5 17323 7858 3
/4 16000 7250 19 16000 7250 in lb kg
5
/8 56320 25541 19 70400 31926 5
/32 3300 1497 7
/16 23400 10612 -30 30000 13600 8.35 17636 8000 7
/8 25000 11340 22 25000 11340 1
/8 2000 907
3
/4 70400 31926 — — — 3
/16 4700 2131 1
/2 29700 13469 -40 38000 17200 9.5 22530 10220
Type 316 1 x 19 ** Stainless Wire Rope 7
/32 6300 2857 9
/16 36500 16553 -48 48000 21800 10.3 26434 11991
*Typical American wire **Typical European wire §Breaking load may vary widely by manufacturer
100% Spectra ® /Dyneema ®
Core Rope w/Dacron ® Cover
Breaking
Size
load
5
/32 3500 1587
3
/16 4750 2154
mm lb kg mm lb kg 1
/4 8200 3719 5
/8 44000 19954 -60 60000 27200 11.1 29981 13600 in lb kg 1
/4 7800 3537
2 706 320 9 12944 5870 Type 316 7 x 19** Stainless Wire Rope -76 76000 34500 12.7 40583 18409 1
/4 5100 2313 5
/16 11500 5215
2.5 1103 500 9.53 14509 6580 in lb kg mm lb kg -91 90000 40800 13.5 44244 20070 5
/16 6200 2812 3
/8 16800 7618
3 1588 720 10 15987 7250 3
/16 2830 1285 3 1120 510 -115 115000 52200 14.3 48058 21800 3
/8 9800 4444 S12 Spectra
4 2822 1280 11 19338 8770 7
/32 3865 1750 4 2130 970 — — — 15.3 55207 25043 7
/16 14000 6349 in lb kg
4.76 3969 1800 12 22933 10400 1
/4 5040 2280 5 3130 1420 — — — 16.76 66135 30000 1
/2 21000 9524 1
/8 2100 952
5 4410 2000 12.7 25689 11650 3
/8 11350 5150 6 (-8) 4490 2040 — — — 17.9 76018 34483 5
/32 — —
5.56 5447 2470 14 31268 14180 1
/2 20165 9140 7 (-12) 6120 2780 — — — 19.5 91022 41289 3
/16 5800 2630
6 6351 2880 16 40926 18560 — — — 8 8000 3630 — — — 22.2 115026 52178 1
/4 9800 4443
6.35 7100 3220 19 47674 21620 — — — 10 12500 5670 5
/16 13300 6032
7 7828 3550 22 64101 29070 — — — 12 17990 8160 3
/8 19000 8617
8 10232 4640 26 89526 40600 — — — 14 24470 11100
— — — 16 29980 13600
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